Betel nuts should be regarded as a kind of snack. There are a lot of coastal cities. Especially in Hainan, almost everybody eats. It is said that eating betel nuts on the Internet will cause cancer. Is this true? What are the hazards of eating betel nuts?
Can eating betel nuts cause cancer?
Is the betel nut cancer?
Betel nut causes cancer. Betel nut was classified as the first type of carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IAC) of the World Health Organization in 2013, which is the same level as tobacco. In other words, betel nut has a confirmed carcinogenicity to humans, and according to statistics, more than half of the oral cancer patients in the world every year occur in South Asia and Southeast Asia where they are chewing betel nuts.
2. Why areca nuts cause cancer
Betel nut contains arecoline, if the oral mucosa breaks during chewing, then under the long-term comprehensive effect will lead to oral submucous fibrosis, which is a precancerous disease, 2.3% -7.6% of the possibility of conversion to oral cancer. And many betel nut products are often mixed with tobacco ingredients, but also increase the chance of inducing oral cancer.
Is there a medicinal effect of betel nut?
The betel nut is classified as a drug in traditional medicine. The “Compendium of Materia Medica†describes that the betel nut is bitter, pungent, warm, astringent, and non-toxic. Its medicinal can cure bloating, myogenic pain. There are many health food therapeutics for betel nuts on the Internet. However, under the scientific verification of modern medicine, it is harmful to eat betel nuts.
Is it possible to eat betel nut without tobacco?
Non-tobacco betelnut products are also best not to be eaten because betel nut is an independent, definitive carcinogenic factor even if there is no tobacco blending in. And it turns out that people who chewing betel nut habits have 58.4 times the chance of developing oral cancer. Therefore, snacks containing betel nut ingredients should not be eaten.
What are the hazards of betel nut?
Chewing betel nut, in addition to often chewing teeth black, shaken, worn and gingival retraction, and the formation of periodontitis, oral submucous fibrosis and oral leukoplakia, but also lead to oral cancer. And many epidemiological studies have confirmed that chewing betel nut and oral cancer are closely related. According to several years of research from domestic medical institutions, about 88% of patients with oral cancer have a habit of chewing betel nuts. If chewing betel nuts and smokers are more likely to cause oral cancer, laryngeal cancer, pharynx cancer and esophageal cancer, and chewing betel nuts and smoking are combined with alcohol, there is also a more effective carcinogenic effect. Smokers are more likely to cause oral cancer, laryngeal cancer, pharynx cancer, and esophageal cancer. Also, chewing betel nut, smoking, and drinking in combination have more carcinogenic effects.
Betel nut-induced precancerous lesions, oral submucous fibrosis: common in the buccal mucosa, followed by the ankle. Oral mucous membranes may have burning sensations, ulcers, whitening, loss of elasticity, and finally cause mouth opening and difficulty in swallowing. Some of these patients have oral submucosal fibrosis, which turns into oral cancer. Oral leukoplakia: Common in the buccal mucosa, tongue, gums, mouth and lips. Mucosal leukoplakia changes slowly from white to white, and in some patients, leukoplakia turns into oral cancer.
Precautions when eating
Betel nut is a food with purple sap, which means that when we eat, there will be a purple-red liquid flowing between our teeth and mouth. It's fine to eat twice, but if you use betel nut for many years, it will hurt your teeth and your teeth will turn black. Therefore, we should pay attention to brushing after using betel nut.
Some of the advantages of the betel nut flavor and the precautions of eating are introduced here. The betel nut is delicious, but there are also disadvantages. Nothing beautiful can be perfect.
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